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> We need Swiss-style referendums-on-everything. Ah, yes, nothing like asking 450M people for their opinion on something they know nothing about. This is how

• mantas 4y ago
  Do we want democracy? Or ruling by oligarchs, hoping that oligarch you like will end up ruling? Obviously democracy needs educated citizens who don't take the responsibility lightly. That's why citizenship shall be a big privilege with even bigger responsibilities. We have to have a lively discussion. Otherwise it's people who cry loudest win. I love Brexit as a democratical move. People voteds and government followed through. Now citizens will live out consequences, for better or worse. And they can make next decision accordingly. That's so much better than enlightened oligarchy guarding the masses from their own wrong feelings. That's like raising kids. If you guard kids from their own painful decisions, they'll never learn. Eventually they'll be adults and they'll keep doing dumb decisions. You have to let them experience some pain to teach them a lesson.